Adult Swim Debuts ‘Uzumaki’ Official Trailer for Twisted Junji Ito Anime

Adult Swim’s adaptation of Junji Ito’s supernational horror manga Uzumaki will premiere Saturday, September 28 at 12:30 a.m. during the network’s action/anime block Toonami, with new episodes airing weekly in Japanese with English subtitles. The series premiere date was announced at San Diego Comic-Con, alongside a special sneak peek.

Both the Japanese and English dub will be available to stream the next day on Max. English-language encore airings will debut every Thursday at 12:30 a.m. beginning October 3.

Synopsis: “Let’s leave this town together,” asks Shuichi Saito, a former classmate of Kirie Goshima, a high school girl who was born and grew up in Kurouzu-cho. Everything from a strange whirlwind, billowing smoke from the crematorium, and the residents is turning into spirals. People’s eyes spin in whirls, a tongue spirals, and the bodies twist unnaturally. In an attempt to escape the curse of the spirals, Kirie decides to flee from Kurouzu-cho, but can she get away from this turmoil?

The English and Japanese-language voice casts feature:

• Abby Trott / Uki Satake as Kirie Goshima
• Robbie Daymond / Shin-ichiro Miki as Shuichi Saito
• Cristina Vee / Mariya Ise as Azami Kurotani
• Doug Stone / Toshio Furukawa as Kirie’s Dad
• Aaron LaPlante / Takashi Matsuyama as Shuichi’s Dad
• Mona Marshall / Mika Doi as Shuichi’s Mom
• Max Mittleman / Katsutoshi Matsuzaki as Katayama

The Uzumaki animated series is produced by Adult Swim in partnership with Production IG USA, with Jason DeMarco serving as executive producer.